Today is Friday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2026 ... Today in history.. On Feb. 27, 1933, Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; ChancellorAdolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties ... .
In 1928, Nazis propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels stated, “We enter the Reichstag to arm ourselves with democracy’s weapons,” adding, “If democracy is foolish enough to give us free railway passes and salaries, that is its problem.
The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday ...Share. Reuse this content. .